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Ramsey, Nowthen, St. Francis, Oak Grove, and Bethel, Minnesota <br />Feasibility Study for Shared or Cooperative Fire and Emergency Services <br />Operational Staffing Levels <br />Each study agency's administrative personnel are primarily emergency responders. In career <br />departments, it is relatively easy to distinguish between administrative and support personnel and those <br />tasked with emergency operations. In combination, paid -on -call, and volunteer agencies, the distinction <br />is often unclear as administrative personnel are frequently also used to respond to operational <br />incidents. The intent of this section is to distinguish dedicated operational personnel from those with <br />additional duties of administration and support. <br />The figures below summarizes the members of each study agency. <br />Figure 33: Career Personnel <br />Bethel Nowthen Oak Grove Ramsey St. Francis Total <br />Fire Chief <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />1.0 <br />0 <br />1.0 <br />Fire Marshal <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />1.0 <br />0 <br />1.0 <br />Admin. Asst. <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0.5 <br />0 0.5 <br />Total 0 0 0 2.5 0 2.5 <br />Figure 34: Paid -on -Call Personnel <br />Bethel Nowthen Oak Grove Ramsey 5t. Francis Total <br />Fire Chief <br />1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />0 <br />0 <br />2 <br />Asst. Chief <br />1 <br />0 <br />1 <br />2 <br />1 <br />5 <br />Captain <br />1 <br />0 <br />2 <br />3 <br />1 7 <br />Lieutenant <br />2 0 5 3 4 14 <br />Training Officer <br />0 0 0 1 1 2 <br />Inspector <br />0 0 0 0 1 1 <br />Firefighter <br />7 0 77 43 15 $7 <br />Admin. Asst. <br />0 0 1 0 0 1 <br />Total 12 0 32 52 23 119 <br />The study area has a total of 121.5 personnel dedicated to the delivery of emergency services to the <br />region, 98 percent of which are paid-on-call/volunteer. The following figure provides a comparison of <br />personnel per 1,000 population against other areas nationally as well as regionally serving similar <br />populations. <br />page 40 <br />Emergency Sexviccs Consufang <br />